Railway-tie mechanism



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Patented .lune 21, 1927. i

` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT V. RUIDD, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.A

RAILWAY-TIE MECHAN ISM.

Application filed January 14, 1926. Serial No. 81,148.

Drawings.

ln the drawings- Fig. 1 is aV longitudinal view of the tie embodying myinvention partly in section. Fig. 2 is a. top plan View of a portion ofthe tie, with a fragment of the rail in place. Fig. 8 is a top plan viewof 'a fragment of the tie, the holding elements being removed.

Fig. 4- is a perspective view of the locking spike employed in said tieconstruction.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spikelock.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the wedge employed in securing said lockin place.

Description.

The tie A is preferably cast and comprises a top wall 7 and bottom wall8, vertical transverse walls 9 and lock-guides 10. rl`he rail B beingseated in place upon the tie A, the spike C having the head 11 andlocking projections 12-12, is dropped through the cruciform slot 13 intotop wall 7 until the lower face of the head 11 is in contact ywith thetop face of the base 14, and the spike lies vertically with its straightface rest-ing against the adjacent face of the transverse tie-wall 9 asshown in Fig. 1.

Thereupon the locking element D is dropped into place, as shown in Fig.1, with its cross-bar 15 resting beneath the wall 7 as shown in Figs. 1andQ, and its jaws lf3- 16 engaging with the locking projections 12-12in the manner shown in Fig. 1. Thereupon the locking wedge E, preferablyconstructed as shown in Fig. V6, is dropped into the position shown inFig. 1, with its tooth 17 in engagement with the notch 18, which notch18 is `formed upon the rear face of the lock D. The wedge E f has theiia't upper face 18a, which serves to f receive the blows of a Sledge orother hammering implement, to seat the wedgev E firmly in the positionshown in Fig. 1. The wedge E has a series of parallel perforations 19,and when the wedge E is seated in the desired' position it is locked insuch position by means of a pin 20, passing through the ears 21,21formed on the up-l per wall 7 of the tie A, andV through one of theperforations 19.

In releasing the rail from the tie for the purposes of `replacement orrepair, the wedge E is released from its locked position by the removalof thepin the wedge E is then withdrawn from its position within the ticA; the spike-lock D is then removed from engagement with the spike C;and the spike C is theny withdrawn from its seat within the tie A.

The foregoing description and the draw- ALBERT v. Rum).

